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Date:      Tue, 22 May 2001 08:57:42 +0200
From:      Martin Hasenbein <mh-freebsd-questions@space.net>
To:        Alex as Root <root@gouda.acatysmoof.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: DNS reverse lookup issues
Message-ID:  <20010522085742.A12966@Space.Net>
In-Reply-To: <200105220617.f4M6HgC51615@gouda.acatysmoof.com>; from root@gouda.acatysmoof.com on Mo , Mai 21, 2001 at 11:17:42pm -0700
References:  <200105220617.f4M6HgC51615@gouda.acatysmoof.com>

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Hi Alex,

if I'm not wrong you forgot to add a line in the acatysmoof.com-zone:
It has to be in the SOA-Record.

IN	A	64.170.164.211

\martin

	
Alex as Root (root@gouda.acatysmoof.com) wrote:
> Dear List,
> 
>     I am trying to get my DNS all set up. I have The Complete FreeBSD and have followed it to the letter. Everything seems to be going well except:
> 
> I can ping www.acatysmoof.com
> I cannot ping acatysmoof.com - 
> ping: cannot resolve acatysmoof.com: No address associated with name
> 
> Some info-----
> named.conf
> 
> options {
> 	directory "/etc/namedb";
> 
> 	forwarders {
> 		206.13.28.12; 206.13.31.12;
> 	};
> 
> };
> 
> 
> zone "." {
> 	type hint;
> 	file "named.root";
> };
> 
> zone "0.0.127.IN-ADDR.ARPA" {
> 	type master;
> 	file "localhost.rev";
> };
> 
> // These are the acatysmoof.com zones. One master and one reverse lookup.
> 
> zone "acatysmoof.com" {
> 	type master;
> 	file "db.acatysmoof.com";
> };
> 
> zone "164.170.64.in-addr.arpa" {
> 	type master;
> 	file "acatysmoof-reverse";
> };
> 
> 
> -------END of named.conf
> 
> db.acatysmoof.com
> 
> acatysmoof.com.	IN	SOA	gouda.acatysmoof.com. alex.acatysmoof.com. (
> 		2001052001	; Serial (year,month,day,version_that_day)
> 		86400		; refresh (1 day)
> 		7200		; retry (2 hours)
> 		8640000		; expire (100 days)
> 		86400 )		; minimum (1 day)
> 
> ; First, the domain name servers
> 		IN	NS	ns
> 		IN	NS	ns1
> 
> ns		IN	A	64.170.164.211
> ns1		IN	A	64.170.164.210
> 
> ; and now define what to do with mail - the 50 is a preference number.
> ; for example the secondary mail server could be 100, etc.
> 		IN	MX	50 gouda.acatysmoof.com
> 
> ; define the A records
> ; These are simply the machines on the network
> alexlaptop	IN	A	64.170.164.210
> gouda		IN	A	64.170.164.211
> gruyere		IN	A	64.170.164.212
> 
> ; define some nicknames
> www		IN	CNAME	gouda
> ftp		IN	CNAME	gouda
> 
> ; about your hardware configuration and software
> alexlaptop	IN	HINFO	"Intel Pentium III 500"	"Windows 98"
> gouda		IN	HINFO	"Intel Pentium 150"	"FreeBSD 4.2"
> gruyere		IN	HINFO	"Intel Pentium 266"	"Windows 98"
> 
> ---------END OF db.acatysmoof.com
> 
> and finally:
> 
> acatysmoof-reverse
> 
> @	IN	SOA	gouda.acatysmoof.com.	alex.acatysmoof.com.	(
> 			2000052001	; Serial (year,month,day,version)
> 			86400		; refresh (1 day)
> 			7200		; retry (2 hours)
> 			8640000		; expire (100 days)
> 			86400 )		; minimum (1 day)
> 	IN	NS	ns.acatysmoof.com.
> 	IN	NS	ns1.acatysmoof.com.
> 
> ; and now the reverse lookup records
> ; the number is the last number of the IP
> 
> 210	IN	PTR	alexlaptop.acatysmoof.com.
> 211	IN	PTR	gouda.acatysmoof.com.
> 212	IN	PTR	gruyere.acatysmoof.com.
> 
> Can anyone explain why I cannot ping my domain when pinged as acatysmoof.com? The main reason I want to do this is because I would like to send mail to this address, but right now no mail server can resolve it. :(
> 
> Thanks,
> Alex
> 
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